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“You can go as far as you want with Crest. We just put our heads down and went for it,” says Danish Sharma, who has owned a CrestClean franchise for five years. In that time, he and his wife, Aijita, have been able to grow their cleaning business to include more comprehensive school caretaking duties,

Rajesh Narayan was introduced to CrestClean by his younger brother, Viky Narayan, Crest’s Regional Manager for South and East Auckland. “When I came to New Zealand I was working for Sky TV and it was okay but I didn’t like the hours,” Raj recalls. “I was thinking of investing in something and going out on

Principal Gavin Beere was just a couple of years into his tenure at South Auckland’s Hillpark School when he decided to take a critical look at the primary school’s cleaning services. “There’s one main reason why people look at cleaning operations,” he said recently during a presentation at CrestClean’s Masters Conference. “They are not happy

During student holidays, many CrestClean franchisees do special Term Cleans of the schools in their regions. This takes a more thorough “spring cleaning” approach that involves going the extra mile, with a full carpet cleaning and polishing of all hard floors in most cases. It can also be an opportunity to tackle a larger project

“Glowing reports” from customers about CrestClean franchisee team Harpreet and Amandeep Bhangu have made them the Hutt Valley’s Rookie Of The Year for 2014. The young family is originally from India but now calling the Hutt Valley their home. They purchased a CrestClean franchise in August and are busy cleaning two local schools. “They are

The West Auckland Business Club 2015 Business Showcase was a rewarding event to attend, says Caroline Wedding, CrestClean’s Regional Manager for West Auckland and North Shore. Held on March 5 at the Trusts Arena in Henderson, CrestClean was one of 40 local businesses that exhibited. “It was very engaging,” says Caroline. “People wanted to talk

John Leslie knows what it is like to roll up to a training session as a coach and have no idea. But the former Otago and Highlanders captain and Scottish international is sharing the knowledge he has gained over the years for his coaching and is travelling around the country spreading the word. In association

West Auckland franchisees Irshad and Shema Ali featured in a New Zealand Herald article published on 20th April. Titled “Getting the right fit is key for franchises,” the story was in the Small Business section of the daily paper and quoted Irshad and Shema talking about their experiences running their own franchise, alongside a great

Even if you’ve played years of professional rugby for international unions and were Captain of Scotland, it doesn’t mean you know how to coach 7-year-olds. “When I turned up to manage and coach my son’s Under-7 team it was really disorganised,” recalls John Leslie, former Highlanders centre and one of the Kilted Kiwis who played

When CrestClean’s Regional Manager for South and East Auckland, Viky Narayan was called into the Wiri Oil Services office for a special meeting, he was concerned. Turns out, it was to see one of his franchisees receive top praise. As part of Wiri Oil’s performance management system, contractors who work with the company are regularly

Just in case you need another reason to have clean toilets, here it is: turns out people are doing a lot more in there than the usual. A consumer study released by SCA, a hygiene products company, shows a surprising number of people use their workplace washrooms to eat, exercise, sleep, have a cry and

Davendran and Prithi Nair thought they might never be able to buy a house. Originally from Fiji, they decided to purchase a CrestClean franchise because Prithi’s brother in law was in the business and they liked the idea of running their own franchise and being their own boss. After 10 years in business, Prithi happily